Episode 156

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29th Mar 2023

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) ft. Kieran B.

Dana and Tom welcome first-time guest, Kieran B (Host of the Best Picture Cast) to the show to discuss the Tennessee Williams adaptation, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: written and directed by Richard Brooks, co-written by James Poe, starring Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, and Burl Ives.

Plot Summary: After Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman) injures himself drunkenly revisiting his high school sports-star days, he and his estranged wife, Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor), visit his family's Mississippi plantation for the 65th birthday of his hot-tempered father, Big Daddy (Burl Ives). Big Daddy does not know he is dying, but Brick drunkenly discloses the state of Big Daddy’s health. Brick’s older brother, Gooper (Jack Carson), and his wife, Mae (Madeleine Sherwood), knowing of Big Daddy’s demise, seek to control his estate. As the family wrangles over Big Daddy’s money, Brick and Big Daddy struggle to come to terms with their relationship.

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Hosts Tom and Dana Duncan take a new approach to finding the answer to the question: "what's the greatest movie of all-time?" Each week, Dana and Tom will review a classic movie, and grade it out based on a six-part rubric scale to determine what the greatest movie of all-time is.

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